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NEW DELHI: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that its selection process for coveted central services like IAS and IPS are in the furtherance of the reservation policy. At the time of service allocation, the vacancies are strictly filled from the candidates of the category for which they are earmarked. This is the reason, why the recommendation for allocation to such services by the Union Public Service Commission is devised to be made in two phases, said the government.

NEW DELHI: Seeking a review of its ruling quashing Jat quota , the government is likely to move the Supreme Court as the order has forced UPSC to put on hold the final results of the Civil Services (Mains) Examination. Top officials of the ministries of Home, Personnel, Law, and Social Justice and Empowerment are deliberating on framing the government's next course of action in the wake of the apex court order. The move was initiated after a delegation of Jat...

NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has effected major changes in norms of civil services examination like granting aspiring candidates two additional attempts and consequential age relaxations from this year onwards. "Every candidate appearing for the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts (two more than earlier four)," said a notification issued by UPSC for the Civil Services Examination, 2014. There is,...

NEW DELHI: The government has sought views from the political parties on various issues relating to the prestigious civil service examination conducted by the UPSC , the Lok Sabha was informed today. Several representations have been received from various quarters on issues concerning the scheme of examination ever since the changes in the civil service (preliminary) examination took place from 2011, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said. "Further, the...

NEW DELHI:, The sudden resignation of former CBI Director A P Singh, who had come under cloud following his alleged links with the controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi , has been accepted by the President but questions remain over his decision to quit as member of the UPSC. Singh had put in his papers last week claiming that the special court in Mumbai had pointed fingers at him while discharging BJP President Amit Shah on the ground that the CBI...

NEW DELHI: Former CBI director AP Singh resigned as UPSC Member earlier this month and the government has accepted his resignation. He was appointed as UPSC member by the erstwhile UPA government. Ministry of Personnel sources said Singh had been asked to put in his papers after he came under a cloud for his alleged links with meat exporter Moin Qureshi. Singh was unavailable for comment.

NEW DELHI: P Kilemsungla, the first woman from Nagaland to become UPSC member, has been chosen for this year's Padma Shri award. 62-year-old Kilemsungla, who hails from Kohima in the north eastern state, has been selected for the Padma Shri for her contribution in the field of literature and education. She was appointed as member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts prestigious civil services examination to select IAS, IPS and IFS officers among others, on...

NEW DELHI: Scores of students today staged a protest outside UPSC office here, demanding scrapping of Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT). Protesters raised slogans against UPSC, calling CSAT discriminatory against aspirants with a Hindi background. "We have been protesting for the last 20 days, but UPSC is doing nothing for us. Nobody is ready to pay heed to our demand. We will not sit silent till our demand is met," a protester said. Civil services aspirants gathered...

NEW DELHI: Rajni Razdan has been selected as chairman of Union Public Service Commission, which conducts the prestigious civil services examination to select IAS, IFS and IPS among others. Razdan, who is working as member in the Commission, will be administered the oath as UPSC chief on Saturday, the day incumbent Prof D P Agrawal's tenure ends. Her new charge comes at a time when the Commission is facing controversy over demand in change of the pattern of civil services examination by students.

NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary committee has decided to review the working of the Union Public Service Commission, a constitutional body which recruits civil and defence personnel. The Parliamentary Standing Committee attached to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has decided to take up working of Union Public Service Commission for detailed examination and report, said an advertisement issued by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The...

PATNA: The Union Public Service Commission move to count marks of English subject (optional) in the civil services mains examination was today decried by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi who said it would hurt the prospects of aspirants from rural background. "In the UPSC(mains) examination where even five marks make huge difference to chances of 250 to 300 aspirants, the Commission's circular to count marks of the English optional subject will prove to be detrimental to...

NEW DELHI: The government has sought views from the political parties on various issues relating to the prestigious civil service examination conducted by the UPSC , the Lok Sabha was informed today. Several representations have been received from various quarters on issues concerning the scheme of examination ever since the changes in the civil service (preliminary) examination took place from 2011, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said. "Further, the...

NEW DELHI: Two serving bureaucrats in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry have co-authored a book which deals with the various ethical theories, values and dilemmas that confront administrators and managers and is also designed to be an aid for civil services aspirants. The book, 'Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude', echoes the title of the newly-introduced general studies paper for the civil services main examination. Authors...

NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission has advised candidates not to file RTI applications to know results of civil services preliminary examination. "The Commission puts up the mark sheets of all candidates who takes the civil services examination. Despite this, candidates file RTI applications to know their results. We have been informing them that mark sheets will be uploaded on our website once the entire selection procedure of this year's exam gets over," a...

NEW DELHI: The results of the civil services preliminary examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission were declared today. The Commission has advised candidates not to file RTI applications seeking details of their marks which would be provided to them after the entire selection process for the civil services examination is over. "Candidates are also informed that marks, cut off marks and answer keys of civil services (preliminary) examination 2014 will be...

NEW DELHI: All candidates who had opted for Srinagar centre to appear in the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy (NA) examination will now have to take the test from Jammu, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said. The NDA and NA Examination (II) is scheduled to be held on September 28. "The candidates of NDA & NA Examination(II), 2014 who have opted for Srinagar as their examination centre are informed that the Government of Jammu and...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has said that the present system of accepting forms for the Civil Services Examination by the Union Public Service Commission, or UPSC, is comprehensive and flawless. It asked the courts and the Central Administrative Tribunal, or CAT, not to allow students, in normal circumstances, to appear for the exam unless they have such a right since it puts burden on the commission and gives false hope to aspiring students. A bench comprising justices MK Sharma and...

NEW DELHI: In a directive that could make civil service examinations more transparent, the Central Information Commission (CIC) on Monday asked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to disclose within two weeks the marks secured by candidates in the '06 preliminary examination. This landmark decision came on a right to information petition filed by over 2,000 unsuccessful candidates who alleged foul play in the rating system for aspirants. The...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has urged the Union government to set up an examination centre either at Ludhiana or Jalandhar to facilitate the civil services aspirants from the state. In a letter written to Union Minister of State for Personnel and Training Jitendra Singh , the Chief Minister apprised him that thousands of students from the state appear for civil services examination conducted by the Union Public...